When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well."

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"

So Jesus replied to him, "Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John yielded to him.

After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.

And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me."

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat also.

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Then Jesus said to him, "See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake.

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

So they came and woke him up saying, "Lord, save us! We are about to die!"

And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep." And they began making fun of him.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath."

how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests?

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so that they could accuse him.

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.

Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you."

And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

because John had repeatedly told him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

They said to him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish."

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, "It's a ghost!" and cried out with fear.

Peter said to him, "Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water."

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"